obesity

INTRODUCTION: The Czech Republic records one of the highest prevalence levels of obesity in comparison to other European and world countries. The present study aims to fill a gap in the use of tools in research of food addiction (FA), which...

ABSTRACT The Chilean Ministry of Health recently disclosed the first results of the 2016–2017 National Health Survey (Encuesta Nacional de Salud, ENS). The survey was cross-sectional and used a multistage stratified random sampling strategy...

Abstract Objective: To determine whether body mass index, body fat percentage, and waist circumference influence smoking status and intensity. Design: Mendelian randomisation study. Setting: UK Biobank, with replication of results from the...

Abstract The US remains at the forefront of a global obesity epidemic with a significant negative impact on public health. While it is well known that a balance between energy intake and expenditure is homeostatically regulated to control...